Data Briefing: ICE Sightings Increased by 55% Nationally, Charlotte Targeted
Last week, reported ICE and CBP sightings increased significantly, with significant spikes in or around Charlotte, Chicago, and Dallas.
Pueblo Project’s weekly data report tracks trends in ICE & CBP activity logged at Iceout.org.
Last week, visible ICE activity increased across the nation. Activity increased the most in the Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; and Dallas, Texas areas, according to reports on iceout.org.
Nationally, Iceout.org users reported 643 sightings of ICE and Customs and Border Protection agents between April 10 and April 16, compared to 415 between April 3 and April 9, an increase of nearly 55%.
Los Angeles County continues to have the most reported ICE sightings of any county and saw the biggest spike in ICE activity of any county between April 10 and April 16, up to 41 from 23 the previous week.
York County, South Carolina, a part of the Charlotte metro area, saw the biggest spike in ICE and CBP activity of any county between April 10 and April 16. York County residents reported 17 sightings, compared to none in the previous week.
Dallas County, Texas had the second-most reports of any county, with 26 sightings. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex has had some of the most intense sustained ICE and CBP activity in recent weeks. Dallas County ranked in the top 10 counties for ICE activity between April 1 and April 7, the last week studied for the Pueblo Project data briefing.
Chicagoland also saw a significant spike. Cook County, Illinois had the second-most sightings overall of any county in the country, with 25. It’s nothing new for the Chicago area. The Midwest’s largest city has been the subject of intense, sustained ICE aggression for long periods of the second Trump administration.
Oregonians also reported a significant spike in ICE and CBP activity. Multnomah County, which contains most of Portland, Oregon, had one of the biggest spikes in reported sightings compared to previous weeks.
Meanwhile, the Twin Cities continue to have elevated ICE activity. Hennepin County, Minnesota remained in the top 10 counties for reported ICE activity, but saw a significant drop in reports compared to the previous week.
The New Orleans, Louisiana; Miami, Florida; and Orlando, Florida areas rounded out the top 10 counties for reported ICE activity.
In a previous version of this post, some plots omitted data from California. The post has been corrected to include that data.
Editor’s note: We’ve changed our publishing schedule for the Data Briefing. We now plan to post the Data Briefing on Monday mornings. Our reports will cover the seven-day period ending in the previous Thursday. In this report, that’s the seven days ranging from 12:00 A.M. Eastern on Friday, April 10 to 11:59 P.M. Eastern on Thursday, April 16.
About the data: The data included here are compiled from reports to Iceout.org by the public. All reports mapped on Iceout.org and included in this dataset are confirmed by trained Pueblo Project moderators as probable ICE or CBP sightings. Moderators aren’t on site when reports are made, and can’t guarantee the accuracy of all reports. Confirmed reports are backed by trusted sources and/or verifiable evidence. This report is not a comprehensive view of ICE activity in the studied areas, but is meant to document broad, directional trends in ICE activity during the times and in the locations mentioned.
A previous version of this post misstated the name of Customs and Border Protection.